INTERNAL MODEL CONCEPT: AN APPLICATION TO MODELING HUMAN CONTROL OF LARGE SHIPS

Many human operator studies have used successfully the concept that the human operator performs his task on the basis of certain knowledge about the system to be controlled, called the internal model. In this paper, the literature on manual control is reviewed briefly with attention focused on the use of the internal model concept. To illustrate the applicability of the internal model concept in the field of man-machine systems, an application is given in the human control of large ships. A model to describe the helmsman's behavior in steering a supertanker, and the influence on his behavior of additional displays such as a rate of turn indicator is described.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Veldhuyzen, W
  • Stassen, H G
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 367-380
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Behavior; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Human machine systems; Maneuvering; Manual control; Mathematical models; Ship pilotage; Ship simulators; Simulation; Systems engineering; Voyage management systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship models
• Old TRIS Terms: Internal models; Man machine communications; Systems science and cybernetics
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170126
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM